Cigarettes And Wine

Cigarettes and Wine

D          A
Saw her in Roosevelt Springs
             D
time doesn't touch anything
              A
she never did say she could sing
                 D
but I figured it so

D             A
I needed some company then
               D
not sisters or children again
                   A
that's a hell of a spot to be in
                  D
but she put me in tow

D         A
Money and liquor and lust
              D
have taken my heart and my trust
            A
I could see ashes of dust
          D
headed my way

D          A
She tended bar in town
         D
her alto settled me down
             A
so I started hanging around
                    D
didn't need much to say

D7               G
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
            D
she kept me happy all the time
                  A         A7
I know that ain't much of a line
                       D   D7
but it's the God's own truth
               G
she lives down inside of me still
                 D
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
            A                A7
she left me alone with these pills
                   D
and the last of my youth

D            A
Wings on her shoulders and feet
         D
a bar on Gethsemane street
            A
I took time to plan retreat
               D
backed out the door

D         A
I must be attracted to those
                 D
who've witnessed a man in the throes
             A
Of life that ain't grindstone to nose,
             D
but pedal to floor

D7               G
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
            D
she kept me happy all the time
                  A         A7
I know that ain't much of a line
                       D   D7
but it's the God's own truth
               G
she lives down inside of me still
                 D
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
            A                A7
she left me alone with these pills
                  D
and my smoldering youth

D           A
Lost on the dry side of town
            D
My memories slowing me down
             A
She shook me and I came around
               D
I came back to life

D           A
With nary a mother or dad
              D
She showed me what I never had
                 A
Now the princess leaves, she gets sad
                      D
'Cause I won't take a wife

D7               G
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
            D
she kept me happy all the time
                  A         A7
I know that ain't much of a line
                       D   D7
but it's the God's own truth
               G
she lives down inside of me still
                 D
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
            A                A7
she left me alone with these pills
                   D
and the last of my youth